Qualcomm · 15 hours ago
Engineer, Senior Staff (Zephyr OSTT)
San Diego, CA
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$163K/yr - $244K/yr
5+ years expQualcomm Innovation Center, Inc. is seeking a Senior Staff Engineer to join their Zephyr Open Source Tech Team. The role involves leading the development of a cross-platform, open-source firmware development platform for Qualcomm SoCs, while contributing to upstream projects and mentoring team members.
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Responsibilities
Help build and maintain a scalable platform that allows Qualcomm to deliver common core software into a public shared mainline for Zephyr-based software development
Maintain upstream Zephyr RTOS target support for Qualcomm platforms
Work with OSS & upstream initiatives within the Qualcomm Central Software Engineering (CSE) team to improve general software quality
Represent the company at industry events and conferences
Mentor and build open-source expertise within Qualcomm
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 6+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience
OR Master's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 5+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience
OR PhD in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 4+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience
3+ years of work experience with Programming Language such as C, C++, Java, Python, etc
Experience in open-source software development in the Zephyr Project community
Expertise in a low-level language like C, C++, or Assembly and a high-level language such as Python, Go, or Rust
Strong understanding of embedded software and the Zephyr Project software ecosystem
Ability to work cross-functionally with product and engineering teams
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, or equivalent professional experience
Based in the Americas (North or South) or EU in a country with an existing Qualcomm legal presence
Willingness to travel globally as needed (likely several times per year)
Preferred
Generalists: used to fighting fires, doing deep surgery on legacy code bases, reviewing code
CI and test infrastructure, in particular GitHub Actions and automated hardware validation labs
Wi-Fi and/or networking
Bluetooth
Low-level architecture support (e.g. RISC-V, Arm)
The Zephyr build system and hardware model v2
Zephyr drivers for common on-chip peripherals (SPI, I2C, watchdogs, etc.)
Security (secure boot, MCUboot, mbedTLS, and other core platform security features and related projects)
Power management
Benefits
Competitive annual discretionary bonus program
Opportunity for annual RSU grants
Highly competitive benefits package
Company
Qualcomm
Qualcomm designs wireless technologies and semiconductors that power connectivity, communication, and smart devices.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
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President and Chief Executive Officer
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